From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jone Subject: Modify system behavior after reconfigure Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:18:55 +0300 Message-ID: <20180317151855.05d85e3a@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55346) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ex7zQ-0004Gd-7x for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2018 05:19:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ex7zN-0003Y9-3R for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2018 05:19:00 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-x241.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::241]:38974) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ex7zM-0003XG-SX for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2018 05:18:57 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-x241.google.com with SMTP id f75-v6so18682622lfg.6 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:18:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([93.100.210.215]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t76sm2058088lje.16.2018.03.17.02.18.54 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:18:54 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix To run 'reconfigure' for minor changes to the system configuration is inconvenient. For example, this option: (sudoers-file (local-file (config-file "/etc/sudoers"))) provides an easy way to make changes at any time. But what about mcron? The user has a directory ~/.config/cron, but it cannot run system-wide jobs. So the old way with /etc/cron.d/ still remains comfortable: let's say I just don't know what tasks I'll need in the future, and add them one by one - and each time after that run reconfigure.. no way! I think the question is obvious? (Forgive me for my bad English, but mostly I only read in this language, not write).